Laura Geggel

A "murder hornet" nest in Washington had 113 adults and 1,500 developing Asian giant hornets inside.

Ancient DNA from a woman who lived 7,200 years ago reveal she belongs to a vanished human lineage.

Meet Phiomicetus anubis, a semiaquatic whale that lived in what is now Egypt 43 million years ago.

Two lovers, locked in an eternal embrace, were found in a 1,500-year-old burial in northern China.

An ancient sperm whale tooth has gouge marks on it that may have come from an megalodon attack.

August's full Blue Moon shines on Sunday, but it will be a "full moon weekend."

Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a mass grave from World War II that contains the remains of about 500 people.

A farmer in China found a 90 million-year-old fossilized turtle egg that has an embryo inside it.

Humans aren't the only species that show "hello" and "goodbye" behaviors.

Satellite imagery reveals that Mount Etna has gotten 100 feet taller in the past six months.

About 100 years after the Romans invaded Britain, a crafter created an elaborate key handle depicting a lion devouring a wild-eyed barbarian.

A Bronze Age urn found in Hungary holds the remains of an elite woman and twin fetuses.

A change in temperature and humidity levels may explain why a print on a statue sculpted by Michelangelo is now visible.

Wild cockatoos have figured out how to open garbage can lids, and the practice is spreading due to social learning.

A gut analysis reveals what "Tollund Man" ate before he died 2,400 years ago.

Here's how to see the full Buck Moon on Friday, July 23.

A seismic image of central Louisiana reveals gigantic megaripple marks dating to the end of the dinosaur age.

An amateur treasure hunter on the Isle of Man has unearthed a Viking Age "piggy bank" hoard.

Ask any shark biologist a question about sharks, and chances are, the answer might begin with, "We're not really sure…"

The annual Perseid meteor shower lasts from July 14 to Aug. 24.

Historians found that a Book of the Dead segment from New Zealand matched another in Los Angeles.

An underwater robot captured footage of the rarely seen glass octopus in the remote Pacific.

A perplexing mystery about a scattered hoard of ancient Roman coins found near a river in the Netherlands has now been solved.

Biologists aren't entirely sure why thousands of jellyfish are swarming by Rhode Island.

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare instance of Neanderthal-created art in a German cave once famous for its "unicorn bones."